By Linda Nwoke, A Journal Exclusive In September 2020, the news broke on a class-action lawsuit filed by former detainees at the Irwin County Detention Center in Ocilla, Georgia, against several parti...
The Supreme Court Takes on Enforcement Priorities and Other Immigration Questions in its 2022 – 2023 Term
By Emma Winger, Immigration Impact The Supreme Court will tackle more hot button immigration issues in its 2022 – 2023 term. Front and center is the Biden administration’s effort to set immigratio...
Updated ICE Directive Fails to Deliver Meaningful Protections for Immigrant Families
By Gianna Borroto, Immigration Impact U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) recently announced a new directive aimed at preserving family unity and the parental rights of noncitizens. The d...
ICE is Developing New ID Card for Migrants Amid Growing Arrivals at the Border
By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN The Biden administration is developing a new identification card for migrants to serve as a one-stop shop to access immigration files and, eventually, be accepted by the Tran...
Supreme Court Refuses to Restore Biden’s Immigration Enforcement Priorities for Now
By Rebekah Wolf, Immigration Impact In a blow to the Department of Homeland Security’s attempts to set priorities for immigration enforcement, late last week the Supreme Court of the United States ...
Biden Immigration Enforcement Memo Prioritizes Family Unity, Replaces Trump Guidance
By Ted Hesson, Reuters WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. immigration enforcement directive issued on Thursday calls on federal officers to ask immigrants about their parental status during arrests, ...
US Immigration Agency Explores Data Loophole to Obtain Information on Deportation Targets
Hackensack, New Jersey, USA – November 29th, 2020: ICE Protest outside Bergen County Jail: ICE Protest sign saying “Sterilize ICE Not Human Rights” (Shutterstock) By Johana Bhuiyan, ...
ICE New Guidelines and Immigrants with Mental Health Disorders
By Linda Nwoke The effect of a pandemic such as COVID 19 often goes beyond medical and physiological changes. It leaves individuals and society with consequences beyond physical illness—resulting in...
Biden Released His Budget for 2023 – What Does it Mean for Immigration Issues?
By Aaron Reichlin-Melnick, Immigration Impact Every year, the president submits a budget request to Congress with their proposal for funding the federal government. Over the last 20 years, Congress ha...
COVID-19 Rates in ICE Detention are at Record Highs. Advocates are Demanding an Investigation.
New York City – July 12, 2019: People taking part in the “Lights4Liberty” protests against President Trump’s planned ICE raids against immigrants and the detention centers alon...